Insights and Stories on International

USDA approves Monsanto’s new GMO soybeans, cotton

Jan. 15, 2015 at 7:13 pm CST

Reuters — Monsanto Co. received final U.S. approval on Thursday for herbicide-tolerant crops to be used with a new herbicide the company says will fight problematic weed resistance on farm fields, but critics say will only worsen the problems. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service […]

U.S. livestock: More CME live cattle selling as cash prices plunge

Jan. 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on soymeal tumble, NOPA data

Jan. 15, 2015 at 5:44 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Chipotle’s pork plight could hurt Q1 results

Jan. 14, 2015 at 8:24 pm CST

By Reuters

CBOT soybeans poised to drop below US$10

Jan. 14, 2015 at 8:17 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: Active fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:23 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell for a seventh straight session on Wednesday as funds liquidated positions in association with their yearly rebalancing of commodities, traders said. Funds involved in CME’s livestock markets that follow the Standard + Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (S+P GSCI) sold, […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn falls to five-week low on big ethanol supply, technicals

Jan. 14, 2015 at 4:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn fell one per cent on Wednesday, extending declines from the past two sessions to the largest in 1-1/2 years on pressure from chart-based selling and ballooning supplies of grain-based ethanol. Wheat had its sixth straight down day, pulled lower by plentiful global supplies of […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:51 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters –– An important road for soy and corn shipments linking to ports in northern Brazil will not be paved until 2016, the country’s transport minister said on Tuesday. President Dilma Rousseff said last year that the highway, known as BR-163, would be ready by mid-2015 as the […]

By Reuters

Russia seen adding new informal grain export curbs in 2015

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:39 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters — Russia has strengthened informal curbs on grain exports since the start of the year, further complicating trading before the introduction of an export tax, a Russian grain exporters’ lobby said Tuesday in a letter to officials. Russia, expected to be the world’s fourth-largest exporter this year, […]

By Reuters

U.S. shippers say West Coast ports near gridlock on stalled contract talks

Jan. 13, 2015 at 4:30 pm CST

San Francisco | Reuters — Cargo traffic at several of the biggest U.S. West Coast ports has slowed to near gridlock, negotiators for shipping lines and terminal operators for 29 ports said on Monday as contract talks with the dockworkers’ union remain strained. Union officials however have denied staging slowdowns, […]

By Reuters